Harness.



T. A. FOX.

HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED F5812], 1912.

1,167,1 l. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

QoLu'AmlA PLANOGIZAPH CO.,WASHINOTON, D. C.

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THOMAS A. FOX, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIG-NOR TO THE A CORPORATION OFNEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 19116.

Application filed February 27, 1912. Serial No. 680,314.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. Fox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in harness;and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a novelharness-attachment for the neckpieces of breast-collars, and whichharnessattachment is hereinafter termed as the ring-neck terret orring-neck spider.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel, neat, andsimply constructed ring-neck terret or ring-neck spider, the purpose ofwhich is to collect the several short neck straps and cause them to setneatly upon the sides of the neck of the horse, and also to provide adevice in the form of a ring-neck terret or ring-neck spider, for thereception of the driving reins, so as to prevent the reins from droppingbelow the said device and catching in other parts of the harness orabout the ends of the shafts of the vehicle.

The invention consists, primarily, in the novel ring-neck terret orring-neck spider hereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists,furthermore, in the novel combination and arrangements of the severaldevices and parts hereinafter more fully described and then finallyembodied in the clause of the claim which is appended to and which formsan essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a face view of the ring-neck terret or ring-neckspider and portions of the several short neck straps shown in theircollected or assembled relation with the said ring-neck terret orring-neck spider. Fig. 2 is a face view of the said ring-neck terret orring-neck spider in its detached relation; Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe same, looking in the direction of the arrow 00 in said Fig. 2; andFig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical seca... of the device,

said section being taken on line H in said Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrow y.

Similar characters of reference are our ployed in all of the to indicatecorresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1, indicatesthe upper main portion or neck-piece of a breast-collar audit and 3represent the short members forming the double or split hip-strap of thebreast collar, all of which are collected and secured in their assembledrelation by means of a ring-neck terret or ring-neck spider 4 madeaccording to and embodying the principles of the present invention inthe manner to be presently more fully set forth.

This ring-neck terret or ring-neck spider comprises a ring-shaped mainbody, as 5, which may be of any suitable cross-section, preferablycircular, and extending centrally across and upwardly from saidring-shaped body 5 is a suitably formed loop-shaped element 6, saidelement comprising two members, as 7 and 8, whish are integrally co.1nected with parts of the said ring-shaped body 5, and extend,preferably, in upward and slightly outwardly projecting directions,substantially as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and areconnected by means of preferably upwardly curving connecting bar ormember 9. The said members 7 and 8 are preferably of the configurationshown in the several figures of the drawings, and the cross-section ofthe connecting member 9 is preferably that represented in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. It will be understood, however, that the various shapes andconformations of these several parts may be varied and changed, withoutdeparting from the scope of the present invention.

The manner of attaching the neck-piece 1 of the breast-collar and thedouble or split hip-strap to the ring-neck terret or ringneck spider isclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the parts being permanentlyconnected during the construction of the harness, so as to form part ofthe harness, the neck-piece being formed with an open portion, as 11, sothat its ends, when passed around the ring-shaped body 5 will lie uponopposite sides of one of the outwardly extending members, as 7 of theelement 6, and that the said bar 9, when the harness has been placedupon the horse, is vertical or STEFFENS-AMBERG 00.,

above described views,

substantially so. "The two members2 and 3 of the double or splithip-strap are permanently secured to the said ring-shaped body 5 onopposite sides of the other member, as 8, of the element 6, whereby aperfect and neat arrangement and connection of these permanently securedelements, comprising a part of the harness is the result.

The driving reins or lines 10 of the harness are readily passed betweenthe ringshaped body 5 and the loop-shaped element 6, as clearlyillustrated in said Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I claim A ring-neck terret or spider comprising a ring-shaped main bodyof circular configuration fiat so that it will lie in a single straightplane, and an upwardly projecting loop-shaped element extendingcentrally and transversely across said ring-shaped body Copies of thispatent may be obtained for in a straight plane at right angles to thesingle straight plane of the said ringshaped body, said loop-shapedelement comprising a pair of upwardly extending endmembers projecting atobtuse angles in outward directions oppositely from the outer marginaledge-portion of said ring-shaped body, and a curved connecting barbetween the end-portions of said angularly disposed and upwardly andoutwardly projecting end-members, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 24th day of February, 1912.

THOMAS A. FOX.

WVitnesses;

FRED D. FRAENTZEL, FnnnK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

Washington, 1). c.

